A premature baby was accidentally decapitated inside his mother’s womb due to a botched delivery carried out by an NHS consultant gynaecologist, a medical tribunal has heard. The tribunal was …
A London-based designer has come up with a novel (or should that be navel?) idea: a dadbod without the downsides. “I made the dadbag because I’m desperate to have …
The last week in September is the busiest time of the year for UK labour wards, as more babies are conceived in the weeks leading up to and days after …
Popular high street retailer Next has launched a new range of clothing called “plus fit” to cater for a broader range of children’s shapes and sizes. The range, sold along …
Skincare brand Dove has come under fire for their latest campaign discussing breastfeeding in public. One ad states “75% say breastfeeding in public is fine, 25% say put them away. What’s …
A century-old technique can help infertile couples get pregnant without the need for expensive IVF treatments, new research has found. Australian obstetrician and researcher Professor Ben Mol has found 40 …
Each year, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers holds a competition to find the best birth photos from around the world.
The average child in the UK consumes three times their recommended allowance of sugar by the end of the day – with vast amounts of it eaten before 9am, Public …
A baby girl from Texas has been “born” twice after she was taken out of her mother’s womb for 20 minutes for life-saving surgery. During her 16-week ultrasound, Margaret Hawkins …
Teenagers cursed with acne could have the last laugh over their peers with “perfect skin” as they will stay looking youthful for longer, new research suggests. Experts claim it’s because …
Over two fifths of children in England have not visited an NHS dentist in the past year, figures show, despite official health advice urging regular check-ups. More than 6.7 million …
Feeding babies as young as four months foods such as peanuts and eggs can significantly reduce the risk of them developing dangerous allergies to the foods later in life, new …
Research by a team of UK scientists is challenging the age-old belief that life can only be created by fusing a sperm with an egg. The landmark research by the …
Hum na Sutli, a Croatian town inhabited by just over 5,000 people, has unveiled what has been billed as the world’s first breastfeeding bench. According to Croatia Week, the municipality …
Emilia Grabarczyk was born 15 weeks early, and is believed to be the smallest ever baby to survive such an early delivery. Born in the German city of Witten after …
Girls in the UK are becoming more and more unhappy, with appearance being one of the main reasons they felt miserable, according to a new report by the children’s welfare …
New research suggests that allowing children to use iPads to distract them before surgery is as effective at lowering anxiety as conventional sedatives. The study authors, from Hôpital Femme Mère …
One might think that caring for a robotic baby doll — one that cries and sleeps like a regular human baby — might discourage teenage girls from getting pregnant. According …
Medical professionals used to believe that babies simply don’t feel pain. Building on critical work started in the 1980s that proved them wrong, a team from Oxford University is developing new ways to see inside the minds of newborns.
Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party wants to see parents who feed children under 16 a vegan diet jailed for up to a year. Elvira Savino, who proposed the law, said …
A breastfeeding mum allegedly squirted breastmilk at a woman who asked her to move while she fed her child in a park. The incident is said to have happened in …
A mother whose two-year-old son spent five days in hospital fighting a severe case of chickenpox is calling on the government to make the chickenpox vaccination freely available to anyone …
Think you know how to cut a cake? Think again. According to mathematician Alex Bellos, cutting triangular-shaped wedges out of cakes leaves them susceptible to drying – instead, we should …
Only 16% of UK mothers cook from scratch every day, much to the dismay of healthy-eating advocates. However, according to new research published in the journal Archives of Disease in …
A mother in the United States has given birth to three sets of twins in a little over two years. Danesha Couch, 20, from Kansas City, gave birth to daughters …
Women over 40 are now more likely than teenagers to have a baby. It is the first time that this has been the case since the end of the Second …
Multivitamin and mineral supplements, often promoted to pregnant women as a means of giving their child the best possible start in life, are an “unnecessary expense” and do not result …
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has released the findings of a major new survey of over 900 young people about sex and relationship education provisions in schools. …
A garden at the world’s largest annual flower show is helping raise awareness of a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Sometimes referred to as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the …
Parents are being warned not to over-feed their children after research found around one in 10 regularly serves up adult-sized portions of popular meals. In a survey of 1,000 parents, …
It’s a well known fact that twins often have a special bond, but these two sisters have taken that connection to the next level. American identical twin sisters Sarah Mariuz …
If you want your relationship to last, try focusing on your future happiness together. That’s the key finding from a series of studies from the University of Maryland. In a …
Swansea University has released a video to help new parents understand their baby’s sleeping patterns. Based on a study of more than 700 families, the video challenges the idea that …
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A German beer company has decided to ditch male models in favour of men who are more representative of the regular beer consumer. The hilarious new advertising campaign for Bergedorfer Bier, created …
Ten minutes spent playing on a children’s internet game is enough to lower girls’ self-esteem, a study suggests. Research by the University of West London has shown that some popular online games …
Pregnant teens in Australia are deliberately taking up smoking to help them reduce the birth weight of their unborn babies, shocking new research has found. The finding comes from a …
If there was a simple blood test that could tell you the gender, height and eye-colour of your baby in the early stages of pregnancy, would you want to know? …
Next time you make yourself a hot tea or coffee, let it cool off a bit; it could help you avoid cancer, according to a new study by the U.N. …
Parents should receive lessons from the government on how to raise their children, Britain’s top public health expert has said. Professor John Ashton, the outgoing president of the Faculty of …
They’re growing up in a much more X-rated universe than their parents did. A new study conducted on behalf of children’s charity the NSPCC, says the majority of children are …
Internet forums are full of mums asking at what point should we stop being naked in front of our kids. But according to a newly published report, parents should embrace …
New guidelines have been published outlining how much sleep children should be getting per night. The recommended amount of sleep varies by age, ranging from 8 hours for teens, up …
The less you comment on your daughter’s weight, the less likely she is to be dissatisfied with her weight as an adult according to a new study from the Cornell …
A leading academic has warned that today’s children are suffering from a “nature deficit”, deprived of the freedom to run around and play outside. Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel …
Parents are being told to keep dishwasher and laundry tablets out of reach of young children after a rise in hospital admissions caused by them. On average more than one …
Meet Marco Arturo. At only 12 years old he is a self-proclaimed scientist, and the latest to tackle the debate surrounding autism and vaccines.
Organ donation is a difficult topic to discuss, especially when it comes to child donors. But a social project in Japan called Second Life Toys aims to change that. The …
A German carpenter has invented a device that he claims will revolutionise contraception, by allowing a man to turn the flow of sperm from his testicles on and off at …
A young mother from Blackburn has claimed she was asked to go behind a curtain to breastfeed her baby because it was ‘too sexual’. Darcie Pennington, 18, was visiting her …
Wales hospital uses F1 pit stop tactics for newborn resuscitation.
YouTube user John Deadman has shared a video capturing rare footage of a baby turning in her mother’s womb. The mum-to-be, who was 39 weeks pregnant when the clip was …
Researchers have begun trials on an artificial placenta that recreates conditions in the womb.
Full-time working fathers out-earn their childless counterparts by more than a fifth, research has found. A study of 17,000 workers commissioned by the TUC has found than full time working …
Do you use sweets or chocolate as a reward for good behaviour? If so, you may unintentionally be teaching your kids to rely on food to deal with their emotions. …
The risks of having children later in life are well documented: there’s a higher chance the baby will have issues at birth such as Down’s syndrome, or be more likely …
Japanese artist Eiko Ishizawa is the brilliant mind behind this sleeping bag, aptly named the “Great Sleeping Bear”, which is exactly what it sounds like: a gigantic plush bear you can sleep inside of.
The idea of putting a baby to sleep in a cardboard box might seem strange to most British parents. But Finnish experts say it could help save lives.
New research finds babies won’t easily forget seeing anger-prone behaviour in adults, even if that anger is directed at someone else.
Imagine giving birth while chomping on lobster washed down with vintage Dom Perignon and knowing the moment your baby arrives someone else will be on hand to look after him. …
When Manita Singh began to feel labour pains at just 26 weeks pregnant, she was understandably worried about the health of her unborn baby. The 25-year-old Indian woman had given …
Laughter may be the best medicine, but according to new research, British parents are suffering from a ‘laughter deficit’ – with half of parents chuckling just once or less a …
Ladies, if you need an excuse for a lie-in this weekend, we have just the ticket! Research has proven that women need more sleep than men, because our brains are …
Fruit drinks marketed at children and considered “healthy” by many people are “unacceptably high” in sugar, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Queen Mary, University …
Children in the UK spend less time outdoors than prison inmates, a survey has found. Three out of every four children aged six to 11 spend less than an hour …
Women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy are more likely to have large babies, a major study has found. The study also found that mothers with high blood sugar …
British mothers are sent home from hospital after childbirth more quickly than in any other developed country, new research suggests.
When a set of twins came out looking nothing alike, the family suspected there had been a mix-up in the hospital nursery. As they grew, their striking differences in appearance …
The number of under 18s who have been referred for help coping with transgender feelings has increased by more than 1,000% in the last 5 years – with the youngest …
More than half of stay-at-home mothers wish they could go out to work but feel trapped by a lack of suitable childcare, a major Government study has found. Yet – …
Viagra could be given to women in labour to reduce complications and save babies’ lives.
Exposing infants to peanuts might prevent them from developing food allergies later in life, a new study has found…
Largely female workforce prompts company to ‘tap into natural cycle’ of its employees
E-cigarettes may not be safer than traditional tobacco cigarettes, according to research.
The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine red rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body.
News Flash – research suggests that cuddling children is good for them! Who knew?!!
Women who experience ‘weather shocks’ in pregnancy go on to have babies that are lighter and smaller, a major study has found.
The number of children in England having their teeth removed because of decay has increased for the fourth year in a row, new figures suggest.
They’re said to be born with life-long good luck and have an natural affinity towards water, but babies born en-caul are some of the rarest births in the world today. …
At least half a million children in the UK may have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma, a study in the British Journal of General Practice suggests. Doctors are failing to …
These siblings are thought to be the first “black and white” twins born in the UK – despite coming from the same egg. Libby Appleby, 37, was told her unborn …
Children whose parents are anxious or depressed are more likely to become fussy eaters, in a problem which could begin before they are even born, according to a major new …
The boy was rushed to hospital after his right hand swelled “like a balloon” and became “paralysed”.
A petition to extend the NHS meningitis B immunisation programme to cover all children in the UK has attracted over 600,000 signatures, exceeding the 100,000 mark which means it must …
These were a real hit when we made them in the IoM kitchens this afternoon. I mean, Nutella and strawberries – what’s not to love? Add in the fact that …
The dad first posted about the problem on his Facebook wall.
If there’s one thing mums are short on, it’s time. Whether you’re a working mum or one who stays at home, you want to look your best and you don’t …